‘Nigeria Determined To Shine In Russia’ – says Gernot Rohr

Nigeria are determined to shine at the 2018 World Cup, says team coach Gernot Rohr.

The three-time African champions reached the round of 16 in 1994, 2010 and 2014, their best appearances in the quadrennial tournament.

The west Africans will have to manoeuvre their ways past Croatia, Iceland and Argentina – all of whom enjoy better rankings – in Group D.

“My honest assessment is that this is a very tough group, maybe the toughest at the World Cup,” Rohr told Caf website. “We are not the favourites to make it out of this group because we are the least ranked team here. However, we are confident, hungry and very determined to fight to qualify from this group. Remember we were not the favourites in our World Cup qualifying group in Africa but we made it, so we can do it again.”